Advanced Sukhoi to be unveiled in Paris show
byMoscow: Russia will unveil its most advanced aircraft, the Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker fighter jet and the Ka-52 Alligator helicopter gunship, at the Paris air…
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WWII arsenal found in Russian apartment
byKaliningrad, April 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) An arsenal of World War II firearms have been discovered in Russia’s Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad in an apartment…
Syria needs negotiations to stop ‘massacre’: Putin
byMoscow, April 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia is not looking to oust Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and wants the conflicting parties to negotiate and stop…
Highly enriched uranium removed from Czech Republic
byWashington, April 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The US and Russia have cooperated to remove enough highly enriched uranium (HEU) to make two nuclear weapons from…
Russia contributes $1 mn to Red Cross mission in Syria
byMoscow, April 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia has contributed $1 million to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to finance its humanitarian operation…
BJP’s Tarun Vijay meets home, defence ministers over Google Mapathon
byNew Delh: BJP leader Tarun Vijay Friday met the home and defence ministers to voice his concern over Google holding a Mapathon competition, saying…
Curfew clamped in parts of Jaipur
byJaipur, April 5 (IANS) Curfew was clamped in some parts of the Rajasthan capital Friday, a day after over 20 people, including a dozen…
Donkey bomb kills policeman in Afghanistan
byKabul, April 5 (IANS) A policeman was killed and three civilians were injured when a bomb strapped to a donkey exploded at a police…
PM to lay foundation stone of National Defence University next month
byNew Delh: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to lay the foundation stone of the Indian National Defence University (INDU) in the last week…
18 killed in Pakistani security clashes
byIslamabad, April 5 (IANS) Eighteen people, including 14 militants, were killed in clashes in Pakistan’s tribal area of Khyber Agency Friday, Xinhua reported. The…